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Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner smile for the cameras in St. Petersburg in September of last year.

Francisco Serrano, 17, an aspiring ballet dancer from Sarasota, performs at Havana's National Theater during an international ballet competition in Cuba, the land of his parents' birth.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Cuba's President Raul Castro embrace at Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 11, 2014.

Erislandy Lara has said he doesn't owe Canelo Alvarez anything other than left hands as he prepares do battle with the Mexican superstar this weekend.

U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for five years, appeared smiling alongside an alleged Haqqani commander in a photo posted on a Twitter account purporting to be from the Afghan Taliban.

Sunset & Buenos Aires & 9 de Julio Avenue & Evita & Would Cup Photo taken yesterday at 5.45, minutes before the first part of the football match between Holland and Argentina ended Allegorically the avenue was dark while there were some sun still at the high, half and half, good time for a shot About the Photo Taken once more at 9 de Julio Avenue, ... (more)

Just steps from the Florida Straits, dozens of vehicles sit covered in grime and baking in the Caribbean sun.

In this July 7, 2014, photo, a Chinese made vehicle passes in front of a mural of revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Havana, Cuba.

In this July 7, 2014, photo, a Chinese made vehicle passes in front of a mural of revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Havana, Cuba.

Rear Adm. Richard Butler hands the colors to Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad during a change-of-command ceremony at Joint Task Force Guantanomo on Thursday, July 10, 2014.

Many Cubans are unaware, although living in the United States, that we were participants in the independence of the Thirteen American Colonies.

Cuba has long been on my travel list simply because it's so different from everywhere else in the world, mainly because it's removed from American culture.

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here .

Jeffrey St. Clair on Hillary Clinton's miraculous rags-to-riches method of financial success; LA CONFIDENTIAL: Lee Ballinger on race, violence and inequality in Los Angeles; PAPER DRAGON: Peter Lee on China's military; THE BATTLE OVER PAT TILLMAN: David Hoelscher provides a 10 year retrospective on the changing legacy of Pat Tillman; MY BROTHER AND ... (more)

Jul. 9, 2014 - Edvin Ortega is a familiar face to the big screen appearing along side of John Travolta, Denzel Washington, and the cast of the new fit Netflix series Orange is the New Black.

A Cuban lawyer has confessed that he was a State Security collaborator for the four years he spent portraying himself as a dissident and harshly attacking two of the country's most active opposition groups.

"To our American friend Herbert Matthews with gratitude. Without your help, and without the help of the New York Times, the Revolution in Cuba would never have been."

U.S. and Cuban government officials were meeting in Washington on Wednesday for the latest round of migration talks, a rare chance for dialogue between two countries that have not had full diplomatic relations for more than five decades.

A USA Today columnist is calling upon the government to send undocumented children to a U.S. Naval base primarily known for housing imprisoned suspects of terrorism .

Gay lives in Cuba and Taiwan are the focus of, respectively, sexy drama The Last Match and rom-com Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? .